Duty to defendBy Laurie E. DugonithsCorporate Law Departments, August 2011The duty to defend is a contractual obligation almost always found in commercial general liability policies and, as the costs of litigation continue to rise, is often considered to be more valuable to an insured than the duty to indemnify.
Case names and holdingsInsurance Law, July 2011A list of cases in this issue, arranged alphabetically.
Case summariesInsurance Law, July 2011Summaries of the cases in this issue.
The Illinois Supreme Court takes pass on ripe opportunity to protect insurance consumersBy Scott A. BlumenshineInsurance Law, July 2011The author argues that with the Rosen decision, the Illinois Supreme Court has abdicated its authority to invalidate insurance policy language on the supposed basis that the legislature has approved such language, when it has not.
Case names and holdingsInsurance Law, May 2011A list of the cases in this issue, organized according to subject.
Case summariesInsurance Law, May 2011Summaries of the cases in this issue.
Insurance provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActBy Mark D. DeBofskyInsurance Law, May 2011There are two primary initiatives in Title V of the Act: the establishment of the Federal Insurance Office within the Treasury Department and the streamlining of regulation by the states so as to give primacy to the regulation by the home state of nonadmitted insurers, surplus lines insurers, and reinsurers in many situations.
Selected developments in ag lawBy Donald L. UchtmannAgricultural Law, May 2011Five interesting developments involving farmers' forward contracts, the Illinois Grain Insurance Fund, livestock and the Agricultural Exemption to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act.
Case names and holdingsInsurance Law, October 2010A list of the cases in this issue, organized alphabetically.
Case summariesInsurance Law, October 2010Summaries of the cases contained in this issue.
From the editorsBy James T. NyesteInsurance Law, October 2010An introduction to the issue from Managing Co-Editor James Nyeste.
A separate coverage limit for the loss of consortium claim?By James T. NyesteInsurance Law, October 2010Most liability policies provide coverage for damages on account of “bodily injury” and “property damage.” Whether your client’s loss of consortium claim is entitled to a separate “per person” limit, in whole or in part, or whether it is subject to the same limit the insurer is offering on her husband’s physical injury claim, will depend on the policy’s definitions of “bodily injury” and the “per person” limit.
